Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 3rd Test | Day 5 | Sharjah | 7/11/11

[WNC]

Last time I checked, SL was a top team

When they had Murali, their bowling isn't half of what it used to be. But hey, we made North look like a legend, so guess Sir Herath and Sir Randiv earn their respect

 

[ItsMeK1]

Taufeeq Umar

 

[Bullet Drive]

Swept for 1 by YK.

 

[Osman]

"Truly stunned that chasing 4 an over on a featherbed for just 60 overs was deemed to difficult before attempted.. a draw is a loss for both teams, not a win," says Harsha. (Bhogle?)

 

[Strike!]

Our team mentality: If Hafeez gets going go for the win but if he gets out dead bat everything.

 

[Bullet Drive]

YK is positive out there.

 

[Sherlock]

Come on Pakistan. No more wickets before Tea please.

 

[talha3]

Mate, this attack is so poor.

Name me a good bowler from there team on this dead wicket.

I'll give you 2. Welegedra and Herath. Both have done well against other teams recently.

Randiv also did well against Aussies.

 

[Watsupdoc]

India open there bowling with 2 spinners? What has cricket come to???

 

[Bullet Drive]

Our team mentality: If Hafeez gets going go for the win but if he gets out dead bat everything.

That's why we can't have Shafiq at no.6

U.Akmal is perfect for the balance.

 

[naqlipathan]

Reading all these comments on Pakistan's progress in the second innings, it makes me wonder about the age of the people posting here. Personally I think that Pakistan had a plan to go for the target when they started. However, the run out of Hafiz changed the plans. Even if we win the series 1-0 with this team against Sri Lanka on the dead tracks of UAE, it will be a great achievement. You don't expect a team at the bottom of the test rankings to start dominating every series without any world class test bowler. Its all about small baby steps and gaining confidence with series wins. The series win in New Zealand and inshallah this win are the steps in the right direction.

i am worrying about your age

new zealand are ranked below pakistan. zimbabwe almost beat them recently. no pride in this victory.

this is the worst sri lankan team for 15-16 years. 2 of of their 3 best batsmen have been out of form, and they have no Vaas and Murali.

their best bowler, Herath, is also not performing up to standard.

so, pakistan should have performed better than SL because of players like Gul, Ajmal, Misbah, Younis and Hafeez.

it has been a forgettable tour and pakistan will get a lot of flak for their defensive psyche. shame on misbah and the team management.

 

[WNC]

I can understand going for the draw, but am against dead batting every fricken thing. Try to put the bad balls away at least.

 

[ItsMeK1]

Wahab Riaz

 

[Shayan]

No-one should be getting any blame. Hafeez was the one that could have played his natural game and chased the target, but with him getting out, things were always going to slow down.

The criticism from the first test was that at least Hafeez could have gone for it before we started playing for a draw, and it seems as though we have learnt from that.

 

[siccric]

Mate, this attack is so poor.

Name me a good bowler from there team on this dead wicket.

That doesn't matter. Do you remember what Herath did to us in Galle?

 

[Sherlock]

Oh how I wish Umar Akmal, Afridi, Razzaq were out there.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Taufeeq must stay all day and just grind a fifty by the end.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Waqar for the batting coach.

 

[spoiled]

whats the point of pictures in this thread

 

[Bullet Drive]

i am worrying about your age

new zealand are ranked below pakistan. zimbabwe almost beat them recently. no pride in this victory.

this is the worst sri lankan team for 15-16 years. 2 of of their 3 best batsmen have been out of form, and they have no Vaas and Murali.

their best bowler, Herath, is also not performing up to standard.

so, pakistan should have performed better than SL because of players like Gul, Ajmal, Misbah, Younis and Hafeez.

it has been a forgettable tour and pakistan will get a lot of flak for their defensive psyche. shame on misbah and the team management.

This is a top post.

 

[Bullet Drive]

YK averages 51.6

 

[Bullet Drive]

Nicely played from YK.

 

[Sherlock]

Taufeeq grind out the runs, let Younis (inshahallah) get the runs.

 

[siccric]

Oh how I wish Umar Akmal, Afridi, Razzaq were out there.

5 minutes excitement for a fan = a drawn series

 

[Bullet Drive]

1 to Younis Khan

 

[Bullet Drive]

Whens the first ODI?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Imagine Murali on this )

 

[Bullet Drive]

1 to Taufeeq

 

[Bullet Drive]

Anyone reckon the trio will get news on Pakistan cricket

 

[Asif321]

Whens the first ODI?

11th nov

 

[Bullet Drive]

That one went with the arm

 

[Bullet Drive]

Smile from YK

 

[Bullet Drive]

What the hell. ODI in four days !

 

[Bullet Drive]

ODI in four days, this mean Afridi, U.Akmal in the country?

 

[saeed-sohail]

Those saying this is a poor SL attack have we forgotten Marcus North and Harris ripping out batting out recently.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Missed catch. 1 run there.

 

[Pak_Jazba]

Mate, this attack is so poor.

Name me a good bowler from there team on this dead wicket.

True they dont, but lets not forget they shot us out for below 350 on this same dead wicket. Add to it the pressure of chasing, and incapability of our lower order, there was no chance to go for the win after Hafeez got out.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Those saying this is a poor SL attack have we forgotten Marcus North and Harris ripping out batting out recently.

What they got to do with SL being poor ) )

 

[TanweerPP]

The Sun is Making its Way Out Here in Sharjah

 

[siccric]

Those saying this is a poor SL attack have we forgotten Marcus North and Harris ripping out batting out recently.

And Mr. Herath himself, just a couple of years ago

 

[Bullet Drive]

Swept for a single, well played.

 

[Sherlock]

5 minutes excitement for a fan = a drawn series

It's not even that. You obviously need Test match players in Test format games, but sometimes having the likes Gilchrist, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Prior etc can change the game in your favour.

The opposition looks at that team and says, we better have players on the boundary otherwise this match could be over.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Taufeeq luck there.

 

[icecube4000]

i am worrying about your age

new zealand are ranked below pakistan. zimbabwe almost beat them recently. no pride in this victory.

this is the worst sri lankan team for 15-16 years. 2 of of their 3 best batsmen have been out of form, and they have no Vaas and Murali.

their best bowler, Herath, is also not performing up to standard.

so, pakistan should have performed better than SL because of players like Gul, Ajmal, Misbah, Younis and Hafeez.

it has been a forgettable tour and pakistan will get a lot of flak for their defensive psyche. shame on misbah and the team management.

I think you just re-enforced my point with your comment

 

[Bullet Drive]

Slapped for 2 from YK.

 

[Bullet Drive]

It's not even that. You obviously need Test match players in Test format games, but sometimes having the likes Gilchrist, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Prior etc can change the game in your favour.

The opposition looks at that team and says, we better have players on the boundary otherwise this match could be over.

U.Akmal is the man.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Why aren't they talking about Kaneria?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Single to Taufeeq

 

[Bullet Drive]

Younis Khan on strike.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Now they talk about Danish.

 

[talha3]

What they got to do with SL being poor ) )

It's saying even the poorest of bowlers can cause collapses and losing the tests in the 4th innings.

 

[Bullet Drive]

46-2

 

[saeed-sohail]

What they got to do with SL being poor ) )

Point is we can make any joker look like Murali/warne so I will take this over say 150 all out.

 

[WNC]

What they got to do with SL being poor ) )

Those aren't definitely good bowlers and we made them look like world beaters.

Some runs coming in this over.

 

[Bullet Drive]

It's saying even the poorest of bowlers can cause collapses and losing the tests in the 4th innings.

Not really, diffrerent wickets and different batsmen.

 

[Watsupdoc]

Such exciting cricket going on

 

[Bullet Drive]

Straightened there.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ali is pretty good LOL

 

[siccric]

It's not even that. You obviously need Test match players in Test format games, but sometimes having the likes Gilchrist, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Prior etc can change the game in your favour.

The opposition looks at that team and says, we better have players on the boundary otherwise this match could be over.

Yeah definitely, it's good to have a player who can play the big shots. I definitely think Umar Akmal should be in the team, but Afridi is one of the most careless batsmen around. Nobody really fears him anymore... I mean he might demoralize the opponents once in every hundred games he play, but that isn't reason enough to keep him in the team. Razzaq is past his prime too.

In this situation though, clearly it is the captain who has asked the players to play this way. I doubt Umar Akmal and Razzaq would have played aggressively if the captain didn't ask for it... Afridi only knows one way how to play

 

[Hando]

When is. Tea ?

 

[Bullet Drive]

YK on strike.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Tony on now with Russell

 

[Bullet Drive]

Why don't Rameez commentate with Younis?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Carrom ball.

 

[Bullet Drive]

46=2

 

[Bullet Drive]

No more cloud out there.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Game in the balance.

 

[saeed-sohail]

We dont produce good players of spin anymore. Gone are the days of Salim Malik, Javed, Inzi, Anwer and YK.

 

[Bullet Drive]

1 to Taufeeq

 

[Bullet Drive]

We dont produce good players of spin anymore. Gone are the days of Salim Malik, Javed, Inzi, Anwer and YK.

Shoaib Malik is pretty good + you forgot MOYO.

& Hafeez is good against spin and U.Akmal is brilliant!

 

[Bullet Drive]

15 mins till tea.

 

[ItsMeK1]

 

[TanweerPP]

:4

 

[Bullet Drive]

nice

 

[JibranAnsari]

Lets be more realistic, we are afraid of losing too much.

 

[Pete Rose]

Oh how I wish Umar Akmal, Afridi, Razzaq were out there.

3 overs 28 runs, all 3 out.....ready to go shopping after tea-break

 

[Bullet Drive]

203 to win.

 

[saeed-sohail]

52/2.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Lovely drive, no run

 

[Bullet Drive]

1 to YK.